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Antonyms for shrug
ʃrʌgshrug

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  1. shrugverb

    a gesture involving the shoulders

  2. shrugverb

    raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation

How to use shrug in a sentence?

  1. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:

    I am going to keep saying loud and clear that I am a feminist until it is met with a shrug.

  2. James Comey:

    I kind of shrug and sometimes smile and laugh about it and then I have a secondary reaction, which is to be horrified at my own numb reaction, right ? we have to remind ourselves the President of the United States of America is publicly announcing that people are committing crimes, that they should be in jail.

  3. The Democrats:

    You walk up and down this street and ask every person whether they cared or worried about Russia and connections to Dana Rohrabacher, they'd shrug their shoulders.

  4. Radha Stirling:

    There is no doubt that the UAE has detained people on behalf of foreign governments with whom they are allied, i don’t think they would at all shrug their shoulders to a request from such a powerful ally.

  5. Colin Moore:

    It's not as if people in Hawaii have a clear idea of what Tulsi Gabbard wants, everyone greets it with the same shoulder shrug. We don't know.

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